This is the 1987 game that started the franchise.
It took a couple hours to beat it with all 5 cars.
Choose from a selection of Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari Testarossa, Chevrolet Corvette C4, Porsche 911 Turbo, and Lotus Turbo Esprit, make it through 5 sections of cliffside road, and if you're fast enough (and don't crash or blow your engine enough times) the dealership will be so impressed with your prowess that you're given the car to keep (if only that were true). The faster you finish each section, the more points you get. My current high score is 126,209 with the Countach (which I got decades ago). The problem is that the Countach and Testarossa have a top speed of about 20 mph higher than the other three cars, and with points being given based on your average speed, with the first section being much shorter, and much easier, than all the others, the extra points you'll get on the first section with these two cars is impossible to be made up in the following sections, making it pretty much impossible to make it onto the high score list with the other three cars, except when it still has the default high score list.
The biggest drawback, if you're using the keyboard, is that the game doesn't recognize simultaneous button pushes. So, if you want to steer, you have to let off the gas and then get back on the gas after you finish steering. It takes a little getting used to. I don't think it supports sound cards, so you're stuck with the PC Speaker. I'm also stuck with CGA graphics due to not copying disk 2 (disk 2 has EGA) to my hard drive the last time I had access to a 5.25" floppy drive about 15 years ago.
For its time, it's a pretty good driving game, although I can't imagine many people being able to get much enjoyment out of it nowadays if they didn't play it when it was current.
